Gwyneth Paltrow was raised in a successful show business family. Her father was long-time TV producer and director Bruce Paltrow, who worked on such shows as The White Shadow and St. Elsewhere, and her mother is Blythe Danner, a minor movie star and character actress. Paltrow attended an expensive, all-girls private school, and as a teenager occasionally performed on stage with her mother. She briefly attended the University of California studying anthropology, before dropping out to become an actress.
In the aftermath of 9/11, Paltrow reportedly stocked up on gas masks and anthrax antidotes. Months later she said she had given up alcohol because it was interfering with her yoga, but after that declaration she appeared in a series of European ads for vermouth-makers Martini & Rossi. In 2002, deciding that Hollywood was too "male-dominated", Paltrow left America and settled into a $1-million luxury apartment in London. After marrying Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in 2003, she left show business entirely for two years to begin their family. They have two children, and Paltrow has since returned to making movies.
[1] Sometimes erroneously given as September 28.
Father: Bruce Paltrow (TV director, b. 26-Nov-1943, d. 3-Oct-2002 throat cancer)
Mother: Blythe Danner (actress)
Brother: Jake Paltrow (TV director, b. 26-Sep-1975)
Boyfriend: Brad Pitt (dated and engaged, 1994-97)
Boyfriend: Ben Affleck (dated and cohabited 1998-2000)
Boyfriend: Chris Heinz (son of John and Teresa Heinz, dated 2000-01)
Boyfriend: Robert Sean Leonard (actor, dated 2001)
Boyfriend: Luke Wilson (actor, dated 2001, 2002)
Boyfriend: Bryan Adams (musician, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: Prince Albert II (Monaco royalty, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: Aaron Eckhart (actor, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: Prince Felipe (Spanish royalty, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: Prince Nicholas (Greek royalty, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: James Purefoy (actor, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: Walter Salles (film director, dated 2002)
Boyfriend: Scott Speedman (actor, dated 2002-03)
Husband: Chris Martin (musician, dated 2002-03, m. 5-Dec-2003, one son, one daughter)
Daughter: Apple Blythe Alison Martin (b. 14-May-2004)
Son: Moses Bruce Anthony Martin (b. 8-Apr-2006)
High School: Spence School, New York City, NY
University: UC Santa Barbara (dropped out)
Oscar for Best Actress 1999 for Shakespeare in Love
Golden Globe 1999 for Shakespeare in Love
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
EMILY's List
Gore 2000
John Kerry for President
Robin Hood Foundation Board of Directors
Wedding: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones (2000)
Jewish Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Smoking, Yoga
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Iron Man (14-Apr-2008)
The Good Night (25-Jan-2007)
Running with Scissors (20-Oct-2006)
Love and Other Disasters (9-Sep-2006)
Infamous (31-Aug-2006)
Proof (5-Sep-2005)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (14-Sep-2004)
Sylvia (17-Oct-2003)
View from the Top (21-Mar-2003)
Possession (16-Aug-2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (22-Jul-2002)
Searching for Debra Winger (16-May-2002) Herself
Shallow Hal (1-Nov-2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums (5-Oct-2001)
The Anniversary Party (23-May-2001)
Bounce (15-Nov-2000)
Duets (09-Sep-2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (12-Dec-1999)
Shakespeare in Love (3-Dec-1998)
A Perfect Murder (5-Jun-1998)
Hush (06-Mar-1998)
Great Expectations (30-Jan-1998)
Sliding Doors (26-Jan-1998)
Out of the Past (16-Jan-1998) [VOICE]
Emma (2-Aug-1996)
The Pallbearer (03-May-1996)
Hard Eight (20-Jan-1996)
Moonlight and Valentino (29-Sep-1995)
Se7en (22-Sep-1995)
Jefferson in Paris (31-Mar-1995)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (7-Sep-1994)
Flesh and Bone (05-Nov-1993)
Malice (29-Sep-1993)
Cruel Doubt (17-May-1992)
Hook (11-Dec-1991)
Shout (04-Oct-1991)
AKA Gwyneth Kate Paltrow